Approximately 69,973 Americans died of drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending December 2025, according to CDC data published May 13. It marks a 13.9% decline from the previous year and the third consecutive year that figure has dropped. The…
Author: Kristin Kuchno
Baltimore-based Sheppard Pratt has received $16.5 million in state funding to support the development of a children’s psychiatric hospital. The funding comes from two separate allocations in Maryland’s fiscal year 2027 budget — $15 million and $1.5 million — a…
New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian has been ordered to make “sweeping” reforms and pay $500,000 as part of a settlement over its treatment of patients experiencing behavioral health emergencies. Six things to know: 1. Following a yearslong investigation, the Office of…
NorthBay Health Medical Center in Fairfield, Calif., has been awarded $14.9 million to develop a behavioral health and addiction medicine center with 24/7 urgent care. Five things to know: 1. The funding comes through California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program,…
Leigh Holston has exited her role as CEO of Holly Hill Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., and stepped into a new interim role, a spokesperson for Universal Health Services, which operates the hospital, confirmed to Becker’s. Kippy Woodlief, DNP, RN, is now interim CEO…
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Orchard Park Hospital in Wheeling, W.Va., a 30-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital, has signed a letter of intent to merge with WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital. As part of the merger, Wheeling Hospital will work collaboratively with WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s and…
U.S. life expectancy at birth reached an all-time high in 2024 amid a record decline in drug overdose deaths, according to data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Four notes: 1. The death rate for the U.S. population…
While U.S. overdose deaths declined in 2025, it was at a slower pace than the previous year, according to CDC data released Jan. 14. The data comes as HHS is reversing more than $2 billion in cuts to federal grants…
Nanette Logan, DNP, has exited her role as CEO of HCA Healthcare’s Dominion Hospital in Falls Church, Va. Dr. Logan stepped into the role Jan. 6, 2025. Ben Brown was named CEO in September, a health system spokesperson told Becker’s…
Aundrea Lewis, RN, has resigned as CEO of UofL Health-Peace Hospital in Louisville, Ky., effective April 18. Ms. Lewis has been with UofL Health for 18 years, more than two of which she served as CEO of the behavioral health…